Are ocelots, the endangered South Texas wild cats, making a comeback?

Are ocelots, the endangered South Texas wild cats, making a comeback?

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter, keeping readers updated on the most important Texas news. The McAllen South Texas ocelot, a medium-sized spotted wildcat known for …

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Are ocelots, the endangered South Texas wild cats, making a comeback?

Are ocelots, the endangered South Texas wild cats, making a comeback?

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter, keeping readers updated on the most important Texas news. The McAllen South Texas ocelot, a medium-sized spotted wildcat known for …

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A blueprint for making quantum computers easier to program

A blueprint for making quantum computers easier to program

When Peter Shor, a professor at MIT and now a member of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), first demonstrated the potential of quantum computers to solve problems …

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New Starbucks cups reduce plastic and water waste while making them more user-friendly for the visually impaired

New Starbucks cups reduce plastic and water waste while making them more user-friendly for the visually impaired

Starbucks has launched a new line of cups that the company says will keep more than 13.5 million pounds of plastic out of landfills each year.New cup announced in advance …

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New strategies for making and manipulating high-temperature superconductors

New strategies for making and manipulating high-temperature superconductors

Graphical representation of stacked, twisted cuprate superconductors, with accompanying data in background. Image credit: Lucy Yip, Yoshi Saito, Alex Cui, Frank Zhao Superconductors have intrigued physicists for decades. But these …

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